“The goal of the grant is to do surveillance and intervention and referral to families for services with infants who are affected with microcephaly or other outcomes related to the Zika virus“, Mississippi State Department of Health spokesperson Liz Sharlot said Wednesday.
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But its effects are often much more severe in pregnant women, sometimes causing birth defects.
Holcombe said the Office of Public Health has received several calls from people concerned about Zika.
“We are advising any pregnant women to avoid travel to areas affected by Zika”, Boaz said.
Julie Wurth, communications officer at Medford-based La Clinica health centers, said that about a third of the clinic’s patients are Latino and may be more likely to travel to countries where the virus is prevalent.
More than 1,650 cases of Zika have been reported in usa states that were linked either with travel or having sex with a returned traveler, another way the virus can spread. Only one of the 85 mosquito species in Texas can spread Zika.
The person is related to an elderly Zika patient who died in July, but there was no sexual contact between them, and the person had not recently traveled to an area with active Zika transmission. The WHO and CDC have since confirmed that Zika infections in pregnant women can cause serious harm to their fetuses.
It is understood that no more than five Scottish cases have been detected, the Scottish Daily Record has reported.
USA health authorities have said they don’t expect major outbreaks in this country, in part because of better sanitation and the use of air conditioners and window screens.
“We do recognize that it is just the tip of the iceberg, because there are people who don’t even know they have it”, Welch said.
Meanwhile, the county public works department continues its aggressive mosquito spraying program, according to County Planning and General Services Director Eugene Foxworth.
“They have been located as close as SC”, he said.
The mosquito-borne virus generally produces mild symptoms.
Some four million Canadians visit Florida every year, the agency said any pregnant women who visited the area on or after June 15 should see their health care providers for testing.
“We’ve been preparing since January”, said Amber Laborde, registered nurse and infection protection manager at Rapides Regional Medical Center.
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In the North Country the mosquitos that are known to transmit the Zika virus aren’t native.
